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#lifeofasone.

11 characters when put together, that define a way of life – one of which is characterized as a clusterfuck between #FML and “OMG Taeyeon, WAE YOU SO PRETTY?”; two things that really should have zero relation to each other, but somehow continue to co-exist for some obscure reason. I don’t know why, but I like it.

For some, this may be an esoteric second life that nobody except your closest circle of friends know about; not because it’s embarrassing, but because you just wouldn’t know how to explain this infatuation with someone on the other side of the universe, or so that’s what it feels like. For others, you may wear your heart out on your sleeve with many knowing about this interest, but none of whom will understand. Regardless of the situation, this #hashtag characterizes the impact that a single entity can have on the (once normal) lives of people worldwide.

So Nyuh Shi Dae – 4 words that identify this Korean girl group, and also the one thing that defines every moment of your existence right now. It’s the one thing that you want to wake up to every morning, come home to after a long day, and never go to bed because of.. but you know what? There’s nothing wrong with that. If these seemingly ordinary girls can provide someone with a sense of comfort, joy, and love in their life, then of course you’d want to keep them there.. even if it’s damaging. This is the #lifeofasone.

At first, the lifestyle change is seemingly insignificant and completely innocent; you just stumbled upon an interesting artist.. no big deal right? Even changing your cereal from Frosted Flakes to Post Granola would have a bigger impact on your daily routine, until you come to the realization of why you really changed it, and why you also did all of those other silly things you did for no apparent reason. The #lifeofasone is most definitely something that will affect all other aspects of life, whether it be good, bad, or neutral in its effects. That realization is one of those moments where you suddenly become stuck in a trance of disbelief, trying Oh! so very hard to convince yourself that you can’t possibly be in love with these girls dressed in neon shirts dancing like crabs; it’s also in that same instance that you know you’ve already lost.

The #lifeofasone gives us something to constantly look forward to, partially because SM Entertainment likes to stack over 9000 CF shoots in a typical day. Sometimes this causes you to wonder just how much time you can afford to give up on other priorities, if the number of lifetimes you spend on soshi in a single day is increasing at an exponential rate. But hey, it keeps us on our toes because we’ll always be curious about the latest events in the lives of our favourite artist. Even the smallest of events such as the girls hitting up a convenience store suddenly becomes interesting.

Like every lifestyle choice you make, the #lifeofasone has its ups and downs. Perhaps the worst way to describe this would be with sine and cosine waves of different frequencies centered at the origin of a graph. There will be times when the amplitudes of both lines are positive, at other times both lines negative, and the last possibility being each one on opposite poles. Irregardless of which point you’re at however, this cycle will keep repeating itself without failure and those functions will continue to intersect in a never-ending battle for balance. (I told you this was a horrible analogy)

On one hand, the #lifeofasone provides an indescribable feeling of happiness known as soshi-ism, something that can only be understood by those involved, and nobody else. Every time that special number appears, we smile a bit on the inside because it now has its own little meaning. Only a sone can understand the frustrations you feel of not being able to see Girls’ Generation in Paris, or the simple joys experienced upon seeing the eye-smiles of a Tiffany Hwang. It’s like you could even entrust the rest of your life with these 9 girls if they let you instill that burden upon them.

But don’t get me wrong, the #lifeofasone isn’t one that’s all glamour; it’s also a painful and exhausting life at the same time. It’s a way of living that requires a great deal of commitment to something you might not even know why you’re involved with in the first place, and its impact on your other priorities may have you re-thinking your engagement in something so time-consuming. Sometimes, we sit back and take a hard look at the absurdity of it all and ask ourselves: What’s the point of all this? Logically, it’ll only lead to more harm than good and the sacrifices that we’re (in)voluntarily making aren’t worth what we’re getting in return for some fandom.

We can try to escape this #lifeofasone, and one may even be successful (for a few days) if they tried really hard… but Girls’ Generation has already walked into our lives and kicking the 9 kids out is pretty damn impossible. It’s not something that you can let go of so easily, because there’s just something special that can’t be replaced. It doesn’t matter if you’ve got everything you could ever ask for, if Soshi wasn’t there. You may like another artist, or even love another artist, but the way that SNSD has changed your life can’t ever be replicated.

Despite the torment and occasional heartache, it’s a choice we make. (or at least that’s how it likes to present itself as) Staying up till ridiculous times to catch up on sweet potatoes? That’s a #lifeofasone tag, and not a #FML. Why? Because FML denotes that the entire situation is undesired. In contrast, the former tag shows that we sacrifice something seemingly more important to make time for soshi. But why do we do this? Perhaps because we want them in our lives, and there’s no way we can ever give them up completely for the sake of other priorities. The only thing that can be done is try to achieve a healthy balance, so that your #lifeofasone can co-exist (like a JeTaeNy sandwhich) with those other commitments rather than suffocating them. In the end, this is the only path for us to take, the only way to exist without giving up something that’s become so important in our lives. And we will continue to live this #lifeofasone – ‘cause there ain’t no other life like this one.

hahah “..none of whom will understand.” honestly, i didn’t realize what i have become of until i read this article. long hair don’t care #lifeofasone !! and there might be a misspelling in the first sentence…? hahah

I have three power packs that keeps me going through hardship,danger and always goings against the odds
(1) god (2) my family and (3) nine angels SNSD.Knowing these angels has certainly changed my life.

I finally find an article in which can fully describe my experience through out my #lifeofasone.

“For some, this may be an esoteric second life that nobody except your closest circle of friends know about; not because it’s embarrassing, but because you just wouldn’t know how to explain this infatuation with someone on the other side of the universe, or so that’s what it feels like. For others, you may wear your heart out on your sleeve with many knowing about this interest, but none of whom will understand”

When i haven’t enter the Kpop world. I always thought those Kpop things were rather annoying and thought “what is the point listening to this when you can not understand the song’s content ?”, and i also found those kpop lovers were rather crazy somehow. However, when i started to enter this fandom, like you said, many little action was changing slowly and rather be invisible, it became my habit. I started to listen to the girls’ music, watch their variety shows, .. And i DO NOT KNOW HOW, they CHANGE my life, from timid to lively person. I do not know how to describe it because, sure that i had my own idols before SNSD, i never feel this way towards any idols before, including my previous idols. It’s weird, i know some of you guys have this feeling too. And my family started to notice that i had a HUGE crush for SNSD, they thought those Korean things is somehow ridiculous, and i can not argue back to them, because i did not know how to express my feeling and they would not understand this kind of feeling !
And there are so many things about #lifeasone but i can not list it out !

great article, thank you, at least i know that feeling towards them is similar to you guys

#lifeofasone
Nice feature GT! I can totally feel your passion for the girls here. I’m sure many other SONEs have these feelings as well.

For me, the girls aren’t as much as a need, as they are a want. I’d like to put in some time in the day to follow the girls if I have it (which I do for the most part). At the same time, to say that I haven’t spent entire days watching some of their vids or being unproductive because of them would be a farce.

Interestingly the girls are really like a destressing tool or energy pill for me nowadays. When I look at them, I actually get more motivated to do work/productive things.

Once again, you have written something which every Sone can relate to in one way or another (if not the entire article!). SNSD *is* life-changing, and only people who wholeheartedly love the girls can understand. That’s why I can only spazz with one of best friends about Soshi. He understands why I freak out when Yuri’s selcas surfaced on the Web. And he even spazzes with me as we watch fancams and promise each other that we will see SNSD live one day. Indeed, this kind of feeling cannot be replaced because we’ve grown dependent on each other. Fame for the girls would be nothing without Sones’ constant support, and “Sone” would mean nothing more than its literal meaning without the existence of SNSD. Yes, we try our best to balance SNSD with other things in our lives, but I, for one, can’t help but to put homework on the side and watch Soshi’s latest variety show or listen to their newest album.
Definitely not a #FML but more like “Better Outlook on Life” as we realize that there is still some good left in this world. Thanks for writing another fabulous, inspiring article!

great article…wish i could write like you..but thax for filling in the void..i have snsd everywhere, morning, lunch, evening and night time.. i have tiffany saying good morning to me and taeyeon saying goodnight. Life is good for a sone. Why would you want to kick out angels..

Wow, I applaud you. This article was wonderfully written. Every sentence was something I could undeniably relate to. Knowing we all share these same thoughts makes this life a lot more comforting. So I really want to thank you for expressing it so eloquently. And not to mention, it was incredibly thorough. You’ve covered it all: esoteric second lives,… lifestyle changes,… a somewhat regrettable “damaging” obsession,… pain and exhaustion,… and finally finding some way to establish a balance. If I ever had to explain myself as a Sone to my friends or family, this is the article I would turn to. Epic.

Great job, Greeentee. Although I must admit, with my declining interest in SNSD, not all of the qualities which constitutes a loyal SONE that you’ve brought up in your comprehensive article seem to ring a whole lot of bells with me. Probably because of my lack of self-motivation, I’ve never done ’em in the first place (like buy SNSD-related merchandise, etc). Among other things which I don’t think is worth a mention.

National Service is a bitch but well when i have certain memories of SNSD in my mind it always help me get through.
Sometimes i’ll think if SNSD is really that important to me and am i actually wasting my time and money on them?
However it always got back to me that i NEED them.
The 1st thing i’ll do when i reach home is reach for my iphone/Laptop and surf about the 9 girls. Before i leave home to book into camp i’ll make sure i went through this site, allkpop, soshified and youtube to ensure that i had got all the news available at that point of time.
Even in camp when i’m able to touch my non-cam phone i’ll msg my fren and ask him to update me on the recent news about the 9 girls.

Basically before i knew it i’m already living my life as a SONE. People call me crazy fan boy and etc but all it got to me was that when i can see the smiles of the 9 girls i’m glad.
Especially Jessi’s smile makes me melt and smile back into the screen at her. Getting a BMW is cool and good for her but well it seems that she’s more richer than i can imagine and a lot more harder to reach out to.

Nice one GT, not only was this article thoughtful but at almost every other sentence I found myself thinking “yeah!” especially the part about wondering why are you are even part of this and its so time consuming… but in the end, I remind myself, it makes me happy 🙂 and I love music and songs that makes me happy and helps me pass the boring times on transportation to work and school.

nice article! love it. 😀
it is really true that I want to wake up just for them and they really helped my life a lot, because of them I have become a changed man.
‘Girls’ Generation has already walked into our lives and kicking the 9 kids out is pretty damn impossible.’ this line is kinda true because I really felt that they are already part of my life, even though they don’t know me, but I really kinda felt it.
Snsd Forever!

great article. while reading this it got me thinking about how living the lifeofasone has impacted me.

just before i discovered snsd i was studying to be an accountant and had every desire to work in that field. then snsd and kpop came into my life. all of a sudden i now find myself studying to become an english teacher in korea! haha! people probably think im crazy (sometimes i think so too) 🙂

but now, when people ask me why im doing what im doing, i will say “hey, im just living the lifeofasone” 🙂

Hi, I meant for this to be in Steve’s post but for various reasons I didn’t have the time to post it. Since we have an about similar article here, I’ve decided to post my journey as a Sone on this more recent one.

This is good, so good and true that i can’t even hardly find words to describe myself those feelings from my heart. Yeah, these nine girls are really something special and thus i can’t possibly let it go and replace by another group. Personnally, they are irreplaceable, especially the black pearl and all of them, i don’t why but they have really taken a large place in my heart, they have change me, they have show me with great determination everything is possible. Maybe that’s what you call it love when you don’t to replace someone or someone that has become irreplaceable.

This is an amazing article which i cannot even describe by muself those magnificient words.

I thought this post is about how hard it is on your wallet when your a soshi fan. Cause my friend is complaining to me yesterday. He worries a lot, cause he just bought the japanese album, AAGG, and now he’s thinking about something to be release on August (i cant recall what it is). I having a hard time too cause I can’t buy all SNSD albums and single, I only had MR TAXI and Gee Japanese Ver.. But I am anticipating their concert in the Philippines in case they come here.

I can’t help but to read anything about them and visit all sites and facebook groups about SNSD everday.

greentee you are amazing. I still vividly remember your article “through thick thin and tangents” and this article equally sums up my feelings completely. I recently had to convince my parents to let me go to Korea so that I could see the girls live just one more time before I headed off to University. I couldn’t tell them the reason was to see a Korean girl group. Things weren’t going well seeing as I couldn’t give them the reason why I wanted to go so bad. But ultimately I convinced them with my sheer PASSION. I simply told them “I DO have a reason to go, but you would never understand. I NEED to go!”. After promising I would pay them back one day, I was off to Korea. I was feeling pretty bad about being so selfish to my parents, but when I stepped into that concert Hall on the 23rd, I knew it was all worth it.

I agree with some words in this article. Coz I feel it too.
But I dont want soshi “taken over” my life.
Just suggestion, you can be a fandom of them, but balanced your time.
We have our own activities and world. How much hours you spend for them?

There’s no offense. 😀
My soshi life: listen to their music and just open this website once a day.

I feel like I want to meet each SONE visiting this site, because i know they can understand my not-so-ordinary-life-anymore since I've become a SONE.. None of my friends understand me.. I just managed to meet a few strangers who can somehow do through of course KPOP events..

OMG every word in this article is true. Life as sone is so exhausting yet so much pleasure we get from it. I really wanted to get out of being a sone many times before but I couldn’t… I really tried again and tried again. I still am trying but the more I try the worst I get. They are truly the blood in my body and the light I see every day. I always want to wake up seeing snsd and stay up late to catch up on snsd related activities, it is insane. I asked myself why I’m like this so many times.. I just love them so much!

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